About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. One morning, an elderly gentleman walked into Bank of Stockton and asked the teller, 'Do you accept checks from cows?' The teller replied, 'Certainly not!' But ever since then, everyone in town has been watching the local dairy farm with a smile. A few days later, a delivery driver arrived at the bank with a strange package marked ‘milk.’ When questioned, he explained it was a gift for the manager’s birthday—‘cow appreciation,’ he called it. Since then, whenever someone deposits milk money, a neighbor always jokes, ‘Better hope your cow wrote a good check today!’
2. A young delivery driver pulled up to the Bank of Stockton one afternoon. ‘Excuse me,’ he said to the guard. ‘I’ve got a package here for Mr. Moneybags.’ The guard raised an eyebrow and replied, 'Mr. Moneybags is in a meeting right now.' The delivery driver grinned sheepishly and asked, 'Is there someone else I can give it to?' The guard nodded towards the manager's office and said, 'Try giving it to anyone who looks like they're counting money!'
3. A little girl followed her father into Bank of Stockton, where she stopped abruptly, pointing at the ceiling. 'Daddy,' she whispered, 'why is that bird flying around?' Her father looked up and smiled, ‘Oh honey, it’s not a bird—it’s just our friendly security camera.’ She nodded thoughtfully, then asked, ‘Can I get one for my room too?’
4. At dawn, when most banks were still locking their doors, an old man in a tweed suit approached the Bank of Stockton's front desk. With a twinkle in his eye, he asked for a pen and paper. After scrawling something down, he whispered conspiratorially, ‘Just sign here, my boy.’ The teller did as instructed, only to see the old gentleman exit with a new sign for the bank: ‘Bank of Stockton Presents: Free Coffee Mondays!’ Everyone laughed, including the befuddled delivery driver who’d just arrived.